It honored Hale for 15 years of service to the extension agency in both Karnes and Wilson counties.

That was only part of the business that the association completed at its 134 annual convention this past weekend in San Antonio.

An association that bills itself as the largest and oldest livestock association in Texas also elected Joe J. Parker Jr., a partner in Parker Ranches Ltd. and president of First National Bank of Byers near the Oklahoma border, as president and Clay Birdwell, president of Great Plains Cattle Feeders and Birdwell Cattle Co. in Hereford, as first vice president.